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. 2023 Mar 1;28:100599. doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2023.100599

Table 3.

Data on antimicrobials reported in the point-prevalence survey illustrated on patient level.

Total N (%) Academic centers Non-academic centers p-values
Antimicrobial prevalence rate overall, n/N (%)
 Antimicrobial 142/320 (44.4) 133/277 (48.0) 9/43 (20.9) <0.001
 Antibiotic 126/320 (39.4) 119/277 (43.0) 7/43 (16.3) <0.001
 Antifungal 59/320 (18.4) 54/277 (19.5) 5/43 (11.6) 0.291
Antimicrobial prevalence rate per center (%), median (95%-CI)
 Antimicrobial 44.5 (35.9–49.9) 50.0 (41.2–55.2) 20.0 (11.0–32.4) <0.001
 Antibiotic 40.0 (31.8–45.0) 48.5 (36.6–49.9) 16.3 (7.0–30.8) 0.0013
 Antifungal 17.9 (12.1–22.8) 17.9 (12.9–25.3) 10.0 (−1.8–23.4) 0.38
Prescribed antimicrobial per patient, median (IQR) 2.0 (1.0–3.0) 2.0 (1.0–3.0) 1.0 (1.0–2.5) 0.42
 Antibiotics 1.0 (1.0–2.0) 1.0 (1.0–2.0) 1.0 (0.5–2.0) 0.19
 Antifungals 0.0 (0.0–1.0) 0.0 (0.0–1.0) 1.0 (0.0–1.0) 0.61
Indication, n/N (%)
 Antibiotics 126/142 (88.7) 119/133 (89.5) 7/9 (77.8) 0.243
 Therapy 114/142 (80.3) 108/133 (81.2) 6/9 (66.7) 0.380
 Medical prophylaxis 9/142 (6.3) 7/133 (5.3) 2/9 (22.2) 0.102
 Surgical prophylaxis 7/142 (4.9) 7/133 (5.3) 0/9 (0.0) 1.000
 Antifungals 59/142 (41.5) 54/133 (40.6) 5/9 (55.6) 0.490
 Therapy 18/142 (12.7) 17/133 (12.8) 1/9 (11.1) 1.000
 Medical prophylaxis 40/142 (28.2) 36/133 (27.1) 4/9 (44.4) 0.270
 Unknown 1/124 (0.0) 0/133 (0.0) 1/9 (11.1)
Point of therapy, n/N (%)
 First-line 49/142 (34.5) 46/133 (34.6) 3/9 (33.3) 1.00
 Escalation 93/142 (65.5) 87/133 (65.4) 6/9 (66.7) 1.00
Therapy regimen, n/N (%)
 Monotherapy 60/142 (42.3) 55/133 (41.4) 5/9 (55.6) 0.49
 Antibiotic 58/126 (46.0) 54/119 (45.4) 4/7 (57.1) 0.70
 Antifungal 54/59 (91.5) 49/54 (90.7) 5/5 (100.0) 1.00
 Combination 82/142 (57.7) 78/133 (58.6) 4/9 (44.4) 0.49
 Antibiotic 68/126 (54.0) 65/119 (54.6) 3/7 (42.9) 0.70
 ≥3 antibiotics 13/68 (19.1) 13/65 (20.0) 0/3 (0.0) 1.00
 Antifungal 5/59 (8.5) 5/54 (9.3) 0/5 (0.0) 1.00

Bold values indicate statistically significant p-values.